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On motion of E, S. Rand, Jr., it was voted to postpone the 

 consideration of the offers of Prospective Prizes for one week. 



W. C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee on Publication and 

 Discussion, announced that a meeting would be held on the next 

 Saturday, at 12 o'clock, when it was expected that a Prize Essay 

 on the Culture of the Melon and Squash would be read. 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 13. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, January 13, 1877. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock. 

 The President and Vice-Presidents being absent, William C. Strong 

 was chosen President pro tern. 



Mr. Strong, as Chairman of the Committee appointed April 1, 

 1876, to take into consideration the recommendations concerning 

 the Society's Herbarium, in the paper read by the Professor of 

 Botany, reported that while the Committee appreciated the remarks 

 of the gentlemen who spoke in favor of these recommendations, 

 they were of the opinion that in the present financial condition of 

 the Society it was inexpedient to take any action, and asked to be 

 discharged. The report was accepted, and the Committee was 

 discharged. 



It was then voted to take up the matter of Prospective Prizes, 

 and after a full discussion by C. M. Hovey, J. B. Moore, E. S. Rand, 

 Jr., W. C. Strong, N. B. White, William Gray, Jr., M. H. Merriam, 

 R. Manning, and F. W. Kelsey, the following votes were passed : 



Voted, That it is the sense of the Societ}^ that in the offer of 

 Prospective Prizes, the words "a public trial of three [or five] 

 years" should be changed to "atrial satisfactory to the several 

 committees." 



Voted, That as the Schedule of Prizes for 1877 is already 

 published, this construction shall be applied to the present 3'^ear. 



Voted, That the respective committees be instructed to recom- 

 mend all awards of Prospective Prizes to the Society, for approval, 

 on the first Saturday in December, of each year, and that all such 



